Augustin Deleanu

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Augustin Deleanu
Augustin Deleanu in 1973
Personal information
Full name Augustin Pax Deleanu
Date of birth (1944-08-23)23 August 1944
Place of birth Măgurele, Romania
Date of death 27 March 2014(2014-03-27) (aged 69)
Place of death Bucharest, Romania
Position(s)
Left back
Youth career
1960–1963
Steaua București
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1963–1969 Politehnica Iași 134 (11)
1969–1976 Dinamo București 178 (7)
1976–1977
Jiul Petroșani
 31 (0)
Total 343 (18)
International career
1966–1973 Romania 25 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Augustin Pax "Coco" Deleanu (23 August 1944 – 27 March 2014) was a Romanian footballer, who played as a left back.

Club career

Augustin Pax Deleanu, nicknamed "Coco" was born on 23 August 1944 in

Jiul Petroșani, making his last Divizia A appearance on 30 June 1977 in a 2–0 loss against Universitatea Craiova, having a total of 325 matches played and 18 goals scored in the competition.[1][2][3] After his retirement, Deleanu became a referee, arbitrating matches in Romania's top-league Divizia A and had different administration positions at Dinamo București, between 1990–1994 being the vice-president of the club.[2][3] Augustin Deleanu died on 27 March 2014 at age 69 in the Floreasca Hospital from Bucharest.[2][3][4][5][6]

International career

Augustin Deleanu played 25 games without scoring for Romania, making his debut on 26 November 1966 under coach Ilie Oană in a 3–1 loss against Italy at the 1968 Euro qualifiers, where he would also make his second appearance for the national team in a 5–1 victory against Cyprus.[7][8] He played four games at the successful 1970 World Cup qualifiers, being selected by coach Angelo Niculescu to be part of the squad for the final tournament where he did not play.[7][2][3] He played 5 matches at the 1972 Euro qualifiers, managing to reach the quarter-finals where Romania was defeated by Hungary, who advanced to the final tournament.[7] Augustin Deleanu played a total of five matches at the 1974 World Cup qualifiers, including his last appearance for the national team which took place on 14 October 1973 in Romania's biggest ever victory, a 9–0 against Finland.[7][9]

For representing his country at the 1970 World Cup, Deleanu was decorated by President of Romania Traian Băsescu on 25 March 2008 with the Ordinul "Meritul Sportiv" – (The Medal "The Sportive Merit") class III.[10][11]

Honours

Politehnica Iași

Dinamo București

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Augustin Deleanu at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h "Augustin Deleanu a încetat din viaţă în această dimineaţă" [Augustin Deleanu passed away this morning] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 27 March 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h "Fostul dinamovist Augustin Deleanu a murit la 69 de ani. Trupul neînsuflețit al fostului internațional va fi depus vineri dimineață la tribuna oficială a stadionului Dinamo" [Former Dinamo player Augustin Deleanu died at the age of 69. The dead body of the former international will be deposited on Friday morning at the official tribune of the Dinamo stadium] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 27 March 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Arbitrii de altădată proveneau din foștii fotbaliști" [The referees of old came from former footballers] (in Romanian). Welovesport.ro. 13 July 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  5. ^ "Arbitrii și AJF-iștii, cioclii fotbalului românesc" [The referees and the AJF-ists, the Romanian football stalwarts] (in Romanian). Evz.ro. 9 April 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  6. ^ "Augustin Deleanu referee profile". Labtof. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  7. ^ a b c d "Augustin Deleanu profile". European Football. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  8. ^ "Italy 3-1 Romania". European Football. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  9. ^ "Sandu și ceilalți "eroi" din 1973, despre culisele victoriei istorice cu 9-0 cu Finlanda" [Sandu and the other "heroes" from 1973, about the backstage of the historic 9-0 victory over Finland] (in Romanian). Digisport.ro. 8 October 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  10. ^ "DECRET privind conferirea Ordinului și Medaliei Meritul Sportiv" (PDF). Monitorul Oficial al României Nr. 241. 28 March 2008. p. 3. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  11. ^ "Decorarea unor personalități ale fotbalului românesc". Administrația Prezidențială. 25 March 2008. Archived from the original on 20 September 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  12. ^ "Romanian Cup - Season 1969 - 1970". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  13. ^ "Romanian Cup - Season 1970 - 1971". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 13 April 2021.

External links

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